[vwmailman]

I see that there is a preferred supplier for the 70-2 stripe kits. What is the cost? Would an NOS set have as much value? thx

[72projectbird]

I got mine from a member on here who created them as an exact replica from a NOS set. They're great looking!

I cant remember the name right now, let me dig around and see if I can find where I bought them.

[Judge273]

Greg San Marco made the stripes and sold the rights to Stencil and Stripes. Very pleased to have used them on my car.

Not sure NOS is any better?

[vwmailman]

I hear that Greg has developed a really good kit. Which has made me wonder if an nos set is any more valuable. I guess I can put them out there on the market & see what happens.

[455hota]

From personal experience on my 71 TA restoration, I purchased a complete set of NOS stripes, from a fellow Pontiac enthusiast in Arizona back around 96 or 97. At the time I spent what I thought was crazy $$$ ...$300 for the entire set. The decals were all rolled up in one large long GM box. They had been in that same box for all those years.

Fast forward to 1999 or 2000, after the car was painted. I took the car to a very reputable restoration shop and asked them to install my NOS stripes.

The stripes would not roll out nicely, after being rolled up for all those years, the backing paper had dried out in spots. When we applied the striped they would not lay down with out wrinkles, of defects. Over all they were terrible, due to the way they were stored for all those years.

I ended up buying the set of repops from Stencils and Stripes, which applied beautifully. But they were not an accurate reproduction of the original stripes, but at the time that was all that was available.

For my current 70 project I bought a set from Greg San Marco, and these are absolutely perfect, and applied quite nicely...

So the moral of the story is be very careful with NOS stripes and how they have been stored for the past years....

[vwmailman]

Thanks for sharing that knowledge. I do appreciate it.

[165th]

Hi vwmailman,
It looks like you are being pointed in the right direction. Stencils and Stripes has my patterns and the stripes are Made in America by the same manufacturer that I used originally.

Thanks everyone too for the compliments!

Also, 455HOta has a great summary on NOS. The gum on 40 year old stripes doesn't hold like new adhesives, and if there are any edge dog ears, or wrinkles from the backing paper shrinkage (we all get it when we get old... wrinkles and shrinkage) it will just not come out. On top of that the clear has likely yellowed some. Perfect reproductions match a perfect restoration so everything looks just so!

Good luck with the stripe install!